猟犬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猟	犬
りょう Grade: S	けん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
獵犬 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/repuken/ → /refuken/ → /reuken/ → /rjoːken/

From Middle Chinese compound 獵犬 / 猎犬 (liᴇp̚ kʰwen^X, literally “hunt + dog”). Compare modern Mandarin reading lièquǎn.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょーけん [ryòókéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

猟(りょう)犬(けん) • (ryōken) ^{←れふけん (refuken)^?}

a hunting dog

Synonyms

狩(かり)犬(いぬ) (karīnu)
狩(しゅ)猟(りょう)犬(けん) (shuryōken)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN